Sterilizing container for barbers



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STERILIZING CONTAINER FOR BARBERS Patented Dec. 36, 1930 TES ' UNETE CECIL C. BETZELR, F BRONSON, IOWA STERILIZING CONTAINER FOE BARBERS Application filed January '7, 1929. Serial No. 330,828.

My invention relates to sterilizing containers such as, for instance, may be employed in a barber shop for holding combs and the like in a sterilizing solution.

An object of my invention is to provide such a container which is of simple, durable and inexpensive construction.

More particularly, it is my purpose to pro vide such a container in which a false bottom 1o is provided, adapted to support the combs,

razors, or the like and to lift them from the solution, the bottom being supported from the cover of the container in such a manner that as the cover is lifted from the container,

15 the bottom will be lifted with it, raising in- :to templated are attained, as hereinafter more fully set forth, pointed out in my claims, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which:

Fig. 1 is a vertical, central, sectional view through the container.

Fig, 2 is a perspective, sectional view, and

F S is a cross section through the partition member.

The container proper is preferably formed with a base 10, to which is secured an upright container wall 11. which is tubular and preferably cylindrical in form. It will be understood, however, that the chamber wall migl'it be any shape in cross section, square, octagonal or otherwise without changing the invention.

The base 10 is preferably made heavy enough to support the container against tipping and to this end may be made as a heavy casting. The cylindrical container wall 11 may be secured to the base 10 by threading 12, as shown or may be welded or soldered in place.

A cover 13 is shaped to fit the container wall 11 and is provided with a clown-turned flange 14;, which snugly receives the upper extremity of the wall 11.

The false bottom 15 is shaped to fit the interior of the container wall 11 and is provided with openings 16 to allow the sterilizing fluid to readily pass through the bottom.

The partition wall 17 is preferably formed of a fiat sheet of metal, provided at either end with a neck 18 and 19, respectively, which are rounded into cylindrical form and provided with rolled threads. The neck 19 is extended through a. central opening in the bottom 15 and secured to the bottom by a nut 20, threaded onto the neck 19. The neck 18 is extended through a central opening in the cover 13 and secured to the cover by a knob 21, threaded onto the neck 18.

The entire container is finished with some substance which will not be acted upon by the sterilizing fluid, although metal may be employed to aid in constructing the container, it may notbe finished by ordinary polishing methods but must be subjected to a coating of enamel or some substance which is not affected by the sterilizing fluid.

Instead of using metal, some of the hard types of composition may be employed.

In Fig. 2, I have illustrated at 22 a comb supported upon the false bottom 15 and lifted part way from the solution by the raising of the cover. It may be noted that as the false bottom is raised, that the instruments sup ported thereon will ordinarily incline outwardly, resting against the upper edge of the container wall 11. This outward inclination makes it easier for the operator to grasp the upper end of the instrument to remove it from the container.

The holds 16 allow the solution to pass through the bottom 15 so that the raising of the bottom may not cause the solution to slop over the edge of the container.

The cover and the false bottom are raised simultaneously by the use of one hand of the operator and the other hand is left free to grasp the instrument desired. It is impossible to allow the instruments to return into the solution without also placing the cover back on the container. Thus it is assured that the container will be kept constantly covered. The operator will not be likely to remove the false bottom entirely from the solution since it is only necessary to lift it part Way in order to obtain. an instrument and it will be easier to allow the cover to drop back to place than to remove the assembly entirely from the container.

Some changes may be made in the construction and arrangement of the parts of my invention Without departing from the real spirit and purpose of my invention, and it is my intention to cover by my claim, any modified forms of structure or use of mechanical equivalents, which may be reasonably included within their scope.

I claim as my invention A sterilizing container for barbers instruments comprising a container proper of upright tubular form, a cover therefor, a perforated false bottom to support instrument-s Within the container, and a partition member, extending substantially from side to side of the container proper, secured rigidly to the false bottom and to the cover, serving to support the false bottom from the cover, and dividing the container into plural compartments. whereby the instruments will be separated and held in nearly upright positions.

Signed this 3rd day of January, 1929, in the county of \Voodbury and State of Iowa.

CECIL C. BET'ZER. 

